>> I'm confused as to how this would work. Who or what determines if the server
>> is a primary or standby?
>
> Overall, the server determines the server role (primary or standby) using the same mechanism as pg_is_in_recovery(),
andset the server_role GUC parameter. As the parameter is GUC_REPORT, the change is reported to the clients using the
ParameterStatus('S') message. The clients also get the value at connection.
But pg_is_in_recovery() returns true even for a promoting standby. So
you have to wait and retry to send pg_is_in_recovery() until it
finishes the promotion to find out it is now a primary. I am not sure
if backend out to be responsible for this process. If not, libpq would
need to handle it but I doubt it would be possible.
Best regards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
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